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1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

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Field	Value
election_name	1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
country	United Kingdom
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
previous_year	1989
next_election	1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
next_year	1999
seats_for_election	87 seats to the European Parliament
election_date	9 June 1994
turnout	36.4% ()
<!-- Labour -->	image1
leader1	Pauline Green
leaders_seat1	London North
party1	Labour Party (UK)
alliance1	Party of European Socialists
last_election1	45 seats, 38.7%
seats1	62
seat_change1	17
popular_vote1	6,753,881
percentage1	42.6%
swing1	3.9%
<!-- Conservative -->	image2
leader2	Christopher Prout
leaders_seat2	Herefordshire and Shropshire (defeated)
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
alliance2	European People's Party Group
last_election2	32 seats, 33.7%
seats2	18
seat_change2	13
popular_vote2	4,274,122
percentage2	26.8%
swing2	6.7%
<!-- Liberal Democrats -->	image4
leader4	Robin Teverson
leaders_seat4	Cornwall and West Plymouth
party4	Liberal Democrats (UK)
alliance4	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
last_election4	0 seats, 5.9%
seats4	2
seat_change4	2
popular_vote4	2,557,887
percentage4	16.1%
swing4	10.2%
image5
leader5	Winnie Ewing
party5	Scottish National Party
leaders_seat5	Highlands and Islands
alliance5	EFA
last_election5	1 seat, 2.6%
seats5	2
seat_change5	1
popular_vote5	487,237
percentage5	3.1%
swing5	0.5%
map_image	European Parliament election, 1994 (United Kingdom).svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
map2	[[File:1994 UK European Parliament election.svg	300px]]
title	Leader of Largest Party
posttitle	Subsequent Leader of Largest Party
before_election	Margaret Beckett
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_election	Margaret Beckett
after_party	Labour Party (UK)
elected_members	List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (1994–1999)
outgoing_members	List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (1989–1994)

The 1994 European Parliament election was the fourth European election to be held in the United Kingdom. It was held on Thursday 9 June, though, as usual, the ballots were not counted until the evening of Sunday 12 June. The electoral system was, for the final European election, first past the post in England, Scotland and Wales and single transferable vote in Northern Ireland. This was the first election with 87 MEPs, the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 having increased the number of seats for the UK from 81. For the first time, the UK did not have the lowest turnout in Europe. Turnout was lower in the Netherlands and Portugal.

This was the first European election contested by the recently formed UK Independence Party (UKIP), and the first European election in which the Liberal Democrats won seats. The Green Party lost more than three-quarters of the votes they secured in the previous election. The Conservatives lost 14 seats, taking their number of seats down to 18, which was 42 fewer seats than in the 1979 election, the year they defeated the Labour Party in the 1979 General Election. This reflected the general unpopularity of the Major government at the time.

Five by-elections to the British Parliament also took place on the same day in the Barking, Bradford South, Dagenham, Eastleigh, and Newham North East constituencies. The Conservatives lost Eastleigh to the Liberal Democrats; Labour would hold the other four.

Labour was under the interim leadership of Margaret Beckett following the sudden death of leader John Smith the previous month.

Results

United Kingdom

Sources:

United Kingdom election results

title=European Parliament elections: 1979 to 1994	publisher=House of Commons Library	url=http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP99-57}}	% of vote	Loss/Gain	Seats
6,753,881	42.6	3.9	62	71.3	17
4,274,122	26.8	6.7	18	20.7	13
2,557,887	16.1	10.2	2	2.3	2
487,237	3.1	0.5	2	2.3	1
471,257	3.0	11.5	0
163,246	1.0		1	1.1
162,478	1.0	0.3	0
161,992	1.0	0.2	1	1.1
153,917	1.0	0.9	0
150,251	1.0	New	0
133,459	0.8	0.1	1	1.1
100,500	0.6	New	0
98,845	0.6	New	0
55,215	0.3		0
23,304	0.1	New	0
23,157	0.1		0
12,469	0.1	0.1	0
Moderate Labour	12,113	0.1	New	0
Literal Democrat	10,203	0.1	New	0
7,858	0.1	New	0
7,798	0.1		0
5,847	0.0		0
Independent Socialist	5,071	0.0	New	0
4,323	0.0		0
3,315	0.0		0
2,543	0.0		0
2,464	0.0		0
Other	7,837	0.1	N/A	0

Total votes cast – 15,852,589. All parties shown.

Great Britain

Map of the Scottish results.

Sources:

United Kingdom election results

Votes won	% of vote	Loss/Gain	Seats	% of seats	Loss/Gain
6,753,881	44.2	4.1	62	73.8	17
4,268,539	27.8	6.8	18	21.4	13
2,557,887	16.7	10.6	2	2.4	2
487,237	3.2	0.5	2	2.4	1
471,257	3.1	11.8	0
162,478	1.1	0.3	0
151,858	1.0	0.9	0
150,251	1.0	New	0
100,500	0.7	New	0
96,554	0.6	New	0
23,304	0.2	New	0
12,469	0.1	New	0
Moderate Labour	12,113	0.1	New	0
Literal Democrat	10,203	0.1	New	0
7,798	0.1		0
5,847	0.0		0
Independent Socialist	5,071	0.0	New	0
4,323	0.0		0
3,315	0.0		0
Other	7,837	0.1	N/A	0

Total votes cast – 15,292,722. All parties shown.

Northern Ireland

Map of Northern Irish results

Note 1: Campion's candidacy, with the ballot paper description 'Peace Coalition', was supported by Democratic Left, the Greens and some Labour groups.
Note 2: Kerr appeared on the ballot paper with the description Independence for Ulster.
Note 3: Mooney appeared on the ballot paper with the description Constitutional Independent Northern Ireland.

MEPs retiring

Conservative

Peter Beazley (Bedfordshire South)
Sir Fred Catherwood (Cambridge & Bedfordshire North)
Derek Prag (Hertfordshire)
Madron Seligman (Sussex West)

Labour

John Bird (Midlands West)
Janey Buchan (Glasgow)
Geoff Hoon (Derbyshire)

MEPs defeated

Labour

Henry McCubbin (North East Scotland)

Conservative

Christopher Beazley (Cornwall and Plymouth)
Nicholas Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell (London North West)
Margaret Daly (Somerset and North Devon)
Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood (Cumbria and Lancashire North)
Paul Howell (Norfolk)
Christopher Jackson (Kent East)
Bill Newton Dunn (Lincolnshire)
Ben Patterson (Kent West)
Peter Price (London South East)
Christopher Prout (Herefordshire and Shropshire)
Patricia Rawlings (Essex West and Hertfordshire East)
Anthony Simpson (Northamptonshire and Blaby)
Amédée Turner (Suffolk)
Michael Welsh (Central Lancashire)

References

"European Parliament elections: 1979 to 1994". House of Commons Library.
[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fe94.htm The 1994 European Election], Northern Ireland Elections
[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fe94.htm], Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive

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